EPA memorandum on WTC environmental data concealment, July 2004

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

NYC data compared to EPA statements

The following table compares EPA's statements about asbestos levels in air following 9/11 with the actual NYC data.'" As discussed earlier, any "overload" results should be presumed higher than 70 s/mm^.

The difference between the EPA statements and the NYC data are remarkable. EPA's statements represent knowing falsifications in reckless disregard for the truth. EPA had the NYC data, as documented later.

DATE EPA STATEMENTS NYC ASBESTOS LEVELS over 70 s/mm^ by TEM (from original unaltered NYC version) 9/12 The E.P.A.'s administrator, Christie Whitman, said in a overload - GREENWICH & CHAMBERS ST., 5 telephone interview from Washington ... stressed that the blocks north of GZ perimeter asbestos levels, too, were a concern only for rescue workers 123.73 s/mm2 - CENTRE & CHAMBERS ST., 7 and work crews who will be involved day after day directly at blocks NE of GZ perimeter, east of Broadway the site, and not for residents nearby. ... [Challenges and Dangers in Disposing of Two Fallen Giants, 9/13/01, NY 157.48 s/mm2 - SPRUCE & GOLD ST., 7 to 8 blocks Times, interview presumed to have taken place on 9/12/01, NE of GZ perimeter, east of Broadway day before publication in NY Times] 9/13 Monitoring and sampling conducted on Tuesday and overload - MURRAY & CHURCH ST., 3 blocks NNE Wednesday have been very reassuring about potential of Ground Zero perimeter exposure of rescue crews and the public to environmental overload - FULTON & CHURCH ST., 1 block E of contaminants. EPA's primary concern is to ensure that rescue Ground Zero perimeter workers and the public are not exposed to elevated levels of asbestos, acidic gases or other contaminants from the debris. [EPA data] 60 s/mm’ - parking, LL-2, EPA Region Sampling of ambient air quality found either no asbestos or 2 building, 290 Broadway, 6 blocks NE of Ground very low levels of asbestos. ... Additional sampling of both Zero perimeter [EPA evacuated building week after ambient air quality and dust particles was conducted 9/11 for professional abatement] Wednesday night in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, and [EPA data] 40 s/mm^ - lobby south, 26 Federal results were uniformly acceptable. "EPA is greatly relieved to Plaza, 9 blocks NE from perimeter of Ground Zero. have learned that there appears to be no significant levels of asbestos dust in the air in New York City," said Administrator [EPA data] 40 s/mm^ - 13'” floor SE, 26 Federal Whitman. [EPA press release, 9/13/01] Plaza,, 9 blocks NE from perimeter of Ground Zero Most Recent Results (as of 7:00 p.m., 9/13). EPA's Thursday sampling [9/13/01] focused on indoor air quality in several buildings in the area of the World Trade Center.... All of the asbestos levels were below the OSHA exposure limit... EPA took an outdoor air sample at One Chase Plaza (between Pine, Liberty, Nassau and Williams Streets). The asbestos concentration was also well below the threshold of concern. ... [9/14/01 "Daily Summary] 9/14 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the overload - CEDAR & TRINITY PL. [same as Trinity Department of Labor's Occupational Health and Safety PI. & Thames], 1 blocks S of Ground Zero perimeter Administration today announced that the majority of air and dust samples monitored at the crash site and in Lower Manhattan do not indicate levels of concern for asbestos.... New OSHA data also indicates that indoor air quality in downtown buildings will meet standards. ... "Our tests show that it is safe for New Yorkers to go back to work in New York's financial district," said John L. Henshaw, Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA. ... [EPA press release, 9/14/01]

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